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Samura O, Nakaoka Y, Miharu N. Sperm and Oocyte Chromosomal Abnormalities. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1010. [PMID: 37371589 DOI: 10.3390/biom13061010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Gametogenesis, the process of producing gametes, differs significantly between oocytes and sperm. Most oocytes have chromosomal aneuploidies, indicating that chromosomal aberrations in miscarried and newborn infants are of oocyte origin. Conversely, most structural anomalies are of sperm origin. A prolonged meiotic period caused by increasing female age is responsible for an increased number of chromosomal aberrations. Sperm chromosomes are difficult to analyze because they cannot be evaluated using somatic cell chromosome analysis methods. Nevertheless, researchers have developed methods for chromosome analysis of sperm using the fluorescence in situ hybridization method, hamster eggs, and mouse eggs, allowing for the cytogenetic evaluation of individual sperm. Reproductive medicine has allowed men with severe spermatogenic defects or chromosomal abnormalities to have children. However, using these techniques to achieve successful pregnancies results in higher rates of miscarriages and embryos with chromosomal abnormalities. This raises questions regarding which cases should undergo sperm chromosome analysis and how the results should be interpreted. Here, we reviewed clinical trials that have been reported on oocyte and sperm chromosome analyses. Examination of chromosomal abnormalities in gametes is critical in assisted reproductive technology. Therefore, it is necessary to continue to study the mechanism underlying gametic chromosomal abnormalities.
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- Osamu Samura
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVF Namba Clinic, Osaka 550-0015, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima 730-0052, Japan
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Pylyp LY, Spinenko LO, Verhoglyad NV, Kashevarova OO, Zukin VD. Chromosomal abnormalities in patients with infertility. CYTOL GENET+ 2015. [DOI: 10.3103/s009545271503010x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Importance of sperm gluthatione treatment in ART. J Assist Reprod Genet 2012; 29:625-30. [PMID: 22492222 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9755-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 03/20/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate whether treatment of sperm from infertile patients would gluthatione could reduce sperm premature chromosome condensation (PCC). To reach the goals of this study, the frequency of sperm PCC formation in sperm of normal and sub-fertile men with/without glutathione treatment were compared and analyzed. METHODS Hamster oocytes were retrieved after super ovulation by PMSG and HCG injection. Following treatment with hyaluronidase, zonae was removed by trypsin digestion. Sperm were classified into 3 groups according to morphology, movement and counts, treated with glutathione(10 μg/ml) and then processed by swim up method. After capacitation, zona-free oocytes were incubated with sperm then transferred to fresh media containing colcemid. Cells were fixed and slides prepared using Tarkowskie's standard air drying technique and after staining in 5% Giemsa, oocytes were analyzed at high magnification. RESULTS Sperm penetration rate was higher and the rate of intact sperm head and PCC was lower in GSH treated samples compared to non treated groups. Sperm penetration rate was significantly higher in treated astheno sperm samples compared to non-treated ones (66.4% and 50. 97% respectively) (P < 0.001). We observed a significantly higher PCC frequency in infertile patients (P < 0.001). In addition, there was a significantly lower rate of intact sperm head in treated astheno sperm samples (17.49%) compared to non treated ones (26.79%) (P < 0.001). Finally, a significantly lower rate of PCC in treated astheno sperm samples comparing to non treated ones was seen (51.06% and 72.96% respectively) (P < 0. 001). CONCLUSIONS Our results show that sperm PCC formation could be one of the major causes of failed fertilization in individuals with sperm abnormalities. Also sperm PCC formation may be involved in the etiology of some cases of idiopathic infertility. Given that the susceptibility of sperm to oxidative stress is significantly greater in idiopathic infertile men, our results show that treatment with glutathione could significantly reduce these stress factors and increase ART outcome.
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Benagiano G, Farris M, Grudzinskas G. Fate of fertilized human oocytes. Reprod Biomed Online 2010; 21:732-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2010] [Revised: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 08/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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RETRACTED: Failed fertilization after clinical intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Reprod Biomed Online 2010; 20:56-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2009] [Revised: 05/06/2009] [Accepted: 09/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Pacchierotti F, Adler ID, Eichenlaub-Ritter U, Mailhes JB. Gender effects on the incidence of aneuploidy in mammalian germ cells. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2007; 104:46-69. [PMID: 17292877 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2005] [Revised: 12/01/2006] [Accepted: 12/03/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Aneuploidy occurs in 0.3% of newborns, 4% of stillbirths, and more than 35% of all human spontaneous abortions. Human gametogenesis is uniquely and gender-specific susceptible to errors in chromosome segregation. Overall, between 1% and 4% of sperm and as many as 20% of human oocytes have been estimated by molecular cytogenetic analysis to be aneuploid. Maternal age remains the paramount aetiological factor associated with human aneuploidy. The majority of extra chromosomes in trisomic offspring appears to be of maternal origin resulting from nondisjunction of homologous chromosomes during the first meiotic division. Differences in the recombination patterns between male and female meiosis may partly account for the striking gender- and chromosome-specific differences in the genesis of human aneuploidy, especially in aged oocytes. Nondisjunction of entire chromosomes during meiosis I as well as premature separation of sister chromatids or homologues prior to meiotic anaphase can contribute to aneuploidy. During meiosis, checkpoints at meiotic prophase and the spindle checkpoint at M-phase can induce meiotic arrest and/or cell death in case of disturbances in pairing/recombination or spindle attachment of chromosomes. It has been suggested that gender differences in aneuploidy may result from more permissive checkpoints in females than males. Furthermore, age-related loss of chromosome cohesion in oocytes as a cause of aneuploidy may be female-specific. Comparative data about the susceptibility of human male and female germ cells to aneuploidy-causing chemicals is lacking. Increases of aneuploidy frequency in sperm have been shown after exposure to therapeutic drugs, occupational agents and lifestyle factors. Conversely, data on oocyte aneuploidy caused by exogenous agents is limited because of the small numbers of oocytes available for analysis combined with potential maternal age effects. The vast majority of animal studies on aneuploidy induction in germ cells represent cause and effect data. Specific studies designed to evaluate possible gender differences in induction of germ cell aneuploidy have not been found. However, the comparison of rodent data available from different laboratories suggests that oocytes are more sensitive than male germ cells when exposed to chemicals that effect the meiotic spindle. Only recently, in vitro experiments, analyses of transgenic animals and knockdown of expression of meiotic genes have started to address the molecular mechanisms underlying chromosome missegregation in mammalian germ cells whereby striking differences between genders could be shown. Such information is needed to clarify the extent and the mechanisms of gender effects, including possible differential susceptibility to environmental agents.
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- F Pacchierotti
- Section of Toxicology and Biomedical Sciences, ENEA CR Casaccia, Rome, Italy
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Nasr-Esfahani MH, Naghshizadian N, Imani H, Razavi S, Mardani M, Kazemi S, Shahvardi H. Can sperm protamine deficiency induce sperm premature chromosomal condensation? Andrologia 2006; 38:92-8. [PMID: 16669918 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00721.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Sperm premature chromatin condensation (PCC) has been considered as the second cause of failed fertilization post-intracytoplasmic sperm injection (post-ICSI). Cytoplasmic factors, including oocyte cytoplasmic immaturity have been suggested to induce PCC sperm. However, recent studies suggest that sperm chromatin anomaly might also lead to PCC sperm. During this study, human sperm from infertile patients with protamine deficiency or with adequate amount of protamine assessed by chromomycin A3 were injected into metaphase II mouse oocyte, treated with colcemid. Chromatin analysis was carried out on the injected oocyte. The results of this study show that contrary to the percentage of intact sperm, percentage of PCC sperm was significantly higher in oocytes injected with protamine deficient sperm (36.43 +/- 4.46) compared to oocytes injected with sperm with an adequate amount of protamine (11.99 +/- 3.54, P < 0.001). A significant correlation was also observed between percentage of PCC sperm and protamine deficiency (r = 0.46, P = 0.004). Therefore, it can be suggested that oocytes injected with protamine deficient sperm have a higher chance of forming PCC sperm and may result in failed fertilization post-ICSI.
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Ma S, Philipp T, Zhao Y, Stetten G, Robinson WP, Kalousek D. Frequency of chromosomal abnormalities in spontaneous abortions derived from intracytoplasmic sperm injection compared with those from in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril 2006; 85:236-9. [PMID: 16412766 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.06.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2005] [Revised: 06/28/2005] [Accepted: 06/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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No statistical difference was found for the total aneuploidy rate in the spontaneous abortions between intracytoplasmic sperm injection and IVF groups; however, differences in the distribution of chromosomal abnormalities between the two groups were seen.
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- Sai Ma
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Pellestor F, Andréo B, Anahory T, Hamamah S. The occurrence of aneuploidy in human: lessons from the cytogenetic studies of human oocytes. Eur J Med Genet 2005; 49:103-16. [PMID: 16530707 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2005] [Accepted: 08/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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During the last 4 decades, the cytogenetic investigation of human oocytes has never stopped to progress, according to the advents of new technologies. Both karyotyping and molecular cytogenetic studies have been reported to date, providing a large body of data on the incidence and the distribution of chromosomal abnormalities in human female gametes. However, these studies display a great variability in results, which may be essentially attributable to the limitations of these techniques when applied to human oocytes. The most relevant analysis have led to the estimate that 15-20% of human oocytes present chromosome abnormalities, and they have emphasized the implication of both whole chromosome nondisjunction and chromatid separation in the occurrence of aneuploidy in human oocytes. The effect of advanced maternal age on the incidence of aneuploidies in human oocytes has also been clearly evidenced by recent reports based on large sample of oocytes or polar bodies, whereas most of initial studies have failed to confirm any relationship between maternal age and aneuploidy in human oocytes.
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- Franck Pellestor
- CNRS UPR 1142, Institute of Human Genetics, 141, rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier cedex 05, France.
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Pellestor F, Anahory T, Hamamah S. The chromosomal analysis of human oocytes. An overview of established procedures. Hum Reprod Update 2004; 11:15-32. [PMID: 15569701 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmh051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The cytogenetic survey of mature human oocytes has been and remains a subject of great interest because of the prevalence of aneuploidy of maternal origin in abnormal human conceptuses, and the lack of understanding about the non-disjunction processes in human meiosis. The first attempts to analyse the chromosomal content of human female gametes were made in the early 1970s, and led to limited data because of the paucity of materials and the inadequacy of the procedure used. The years to follow brought a resurgence of interest in this field, because of the development of human IVF techniques which made oocytes unfertilized in vitro available for cytogenetic analysis. Numerous studies have since been performed. However, the difficulties in obtaining good chromosome preparations and of performing accurate chromosome identification have reduced the viability of these studies, resulting in large variations in the reported incidences of chromosomal abnormalities. The further introduction of new procedures for oocyte fixation and the screening of large oocyte samples have allowed more reliable data to be obtained and to identify premature chromatid separation as a major mechanism in aneuploidy occurrence. The last decade has been privileged to witness the adaptation of molecular cytogenetic techniques to human oocytes, and thus various powerful procedures have been tried not only on female gametes, but also on polar bodies, involving sequential and multicolour fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) labelling, comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), spectral karyotyping and alternative methods such as primed in situ labelling (PRINS) and peptide nucleic acid (PNA) techniques. A large body of data has been obtained, but these studies also display a great variability in the frequency of abnormalities, which may be essentially attributable to the technical limitations of these in situ methods when applied to human oocytes. However, molecular cytogenetic approaches have also evidenced the co-existence of both whole chromosome non-disjunction and chromatid separation in maternal aneuploidy. In addition, the extension of these techniques to oocyte polar body materials has provided additional data on the mechanism of meiotic malsegregation. Improvements of some of these techniques have already been reported. The further development of new approaches for the in situ analysis of human meiosis will increase the impact of cytogenetic investigation of human oocytes in the understanding of aneuploidy processes in humans.
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- F Pellestor
- CNRS UPR 1142, Institute of Human Genetics, 141 rue de la Cardonille, F-34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Rosenbusch B. The incidence of aneuploidy in human oocytes assessed by conventional cytogenetic analysis. Hereditas 2004; 141:97-105. [PMID: 15660969 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2004.01803.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Human oocytes failing to fertilize during assisted reproduction are an important source of information for assessing incidence and causal mechanisms of maternal aneuploidy. This review describes the techniques of conventional oocyte chromosome analysis and evaluates the results of 59 studies comprising a total of>10,000 female gametes. The mean rate of aneuploidy (hypohaploidy + hyperhaploidy) amounts to approximately 20%, but this incidence is reduced as soon as possible artifacts introduced by the fixation technique are taken into consideration. It is therefore concluded that a realistic value for numerical abnormalities arising during first meiotic division lies between 12 and 15%. All chromosome groups are affected by aneuploidy but the actually observed frequencies exceed the expected frequencies in groups D, E, and G. Two aneuploidy-causing mechanisms have been identified in human oocytes: nondisjunction, resulting in the loss or gain of whole chromosomes, and predivision, resulting in the loss or gain of single chromatids. A brief analysis including only aneuploid complements with one extra or missing chromosome/chromatid shows a slight increase in predivision (52.9%) compared with nondisjunction (47.1%). Finally, suggestions for future studies are given since, for instance, the presentation of results and the use of cytogenetic nomenclature have not been uniform.
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- Bernd Rosenbusch
- Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Ulm, DE-89075 Ulm, Germany.
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Kucerová M, Horácek J, Svetnicová K, Gregor V. Genetic aetiology of reproductive failures. J OBSTET GYNAECOL 2004; 19:399-402. [PMID: 15512341 DOI: 10.1080/01443619964742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The percentage of couples who have problems with reproduction is growing in industrialised nations. Clear genetic aetiology of reproductive failures can be discovered in at least one-sixth of them. All these couples should undergo a comprehensive genetic examination including karyotyping of both partners. Results were obtained over a period of 12 years (1985-97) when studying couples with reproductive failures by taking their detailed family histories and by cytogenetic analysis of their karyotypes. The study subjects were 410 couples (i.e. 820 persons) with different types of reproductive failure from Prague and its surroundings. In 3.16%, one member had an aberration of autosomes and, in 4.38%, one member had an aberration of sex chromosomes. Of these 7.3% had, besides infertility and/or repeated spontaneous abortions, the birth of a child with a polygenic congenital malformation. A detailed genetic investigation of couples with reproductive failures should not be neglected when trying to find the best treatment.
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- M Kucerová
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Thomayer University Hospital, Postgraduate Medical School, Prague, Czech Republic
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Nasr-Esfahani MH, Razavi S, Mozdarani H, Mardani M, Azvagi H. Relationship between protamine deficiency with fertilization rate and incidence of sperm premature chromosomal condensation post-ICSI. Andrologia 2004; 36:95-100. [PMID: 15206907 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2004.00612.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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After aneuploidy, sperm premature chromatin condensation (PCC) is the next prevalent cause of fertilization failure. Therefore the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sperm protamine deficiency on sperm PCC formation post-ICSI. Chromatin analysis was carried out on failed fertilized oocytes post-ICSI and incidences of sperm PCC were evaluated and the results were compared with the extent of protamine deficiency assessed by chromomycin A3. The results show that incidence of sperm PCC was significantly different in failed fertilized oocytes injected from semen samples with greater or less than 30% CMA3 positivity (P = 0.04). However, except for fertilization rate (P < 0.001), the mean number of MII, MI and germinal vesicles oocytes and percentage normal sperm were not significantly different between the two groups (P > 0.05). A significant correlation was observed between sperm protamine deficiency with fertilization rate. Hence sperm protamine deficiency affects fertilization rate and possibly prones sperm to PCC post-ICSI.
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In the present study, we have utilized a streptozotocin-induced diabetic mouse model to examine how the diabetic condition and different glucose concentrations affect several parameters of reproductive physiology. We report that oocyte maturation is altered under all experimental conditions examined. In cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes (CEO) from diabetic mice, spontaneous maturation was accelerated but the FSH-mediated delay of spontaneous maturation was suppressed. Higher glucose levels in the culture medium suppressed spontaneous maturation but did not influence the transient arrest mediated by FSH. Meiotic arrest in CEO by hypoxanthine and dibutyryl cAMP (dbcAMP) was less effective at higher glucose concentrations. In addition, both FSH-induced maturation in vitro and hCG-induced maturation in vivo were reduced by the diabetic condition. The ovulation rate was lowered by about 50% in diabetic mice and fewer ovulated ova had reached metaphase II. Despite the decreased number of ova at metaphase II, in vitro cultures showed the oocytes were capable of completing meiotic maturation at control levels. Insulin treatment reversed the detrimental effects of diabetes on meiotic induction, ovulation, and completion of meiotic maturation. Cultures of pronuclear-staged embryos confirmed a negative effect of diabetes and hyperglycemia on development to the blastocyst stage. These data suggest that defects in meiotic regulation brought about by the diabetic condition are due to decreased communication between the somatic and germ cell compartments, and it is concluded that such conditions may contribute to postfertilization developmental abnormalities.
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Lam R, Ma S, Robinson WP, Chan T, Yuen BH. Cytogenetic investigation of fetuses and infants conceived through intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Fertil Steril 2001; 76:1272-5. [PMID: 11730766 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02873-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of aneuploidy among fetuses and infants conceived through intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in our clinic using umbilical cord blood samples. DESIGN Follow-up study of the cytogenetic outcome of ICSI pregnancies. SETTING University-based IVF clinic. PATIENT(S) Forty-six couples who underwent ICSI and conceived. INTERVENTION(S) Umbilical cord blood was taken after delivery of the infant for analysis. Samples of chorionic villi and chorion were taken for studies on the spontaneous abortuses. Amniocentesis was performed for couples that chose prenatal diagnosis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) The cytogenetic chromosomal status of the pregnancy outcome. RESULT(S) Fifty pregnancies and 55 live births were recorded, with nine spontaneous abortions. Of 43 separate umbilical cord blood samples analyzed, 1 abnormality (2%) was found, 45, XX,+21. Nine births went through prenatal diagnosis alone, with four accepting both forms of analysis-no abnormalities were found. Origin of abnormality was established in two spontaneous abortion cases (45, XO and 45, XY,-21), and the maternal chromosome was lost in both cases. CONCLUSION(S) Using umbilical cord blood obtained after birth, we obtained karyotype results from 78% of the ICSI population in our clinic. Combined with results from five additional cases that underwent prenatal diagnosis but not umbilical cord blood sampling, a chromosomal result was obtained in 87% of our ICSI population. The use of umbilical cord blood for cytogenetic analysis substantially improves the ability to determine rates of chromosomal abnormalities in newborns produced via ICSI clinics.
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- R Lam
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Ma S, Yuen BH. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection could minimize the incidence of prematurely condensed human sperm chromosomes. Fertil Steril 2001; 75:1095-101. [PMID: 11384632 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(01)01799-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the fertilization and prematurely condensed human sperm chromosomes (PCCs) rates between two intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) techniques. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTING The data were obtained from the University of British Columbia in vitro fertilization (IVF) laboratory. PATIENT(S) ICSI cycles (n = 105) were performed for couples suffering from severe male-factor infertility and dysfunction of fertilization. INTERVENTION(S) Two types of ICSI techniques were used for ICSI procedures. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Fertilization and pregnancy rates in group B using the improved ICSI technique were compared with those of group A using the standard ICSI technique. Unfertilized oocytes from the two groups were studied with cytogenetic methods. RESULT(S) Oocyte damage dropped from 14.8% in group A to 5.3% in group B. Normal fertilization for each group was 57.3% and 88.4%, respectively (P<.05). Pregnancy rate per egg retrieval was 15.6% in group A and 27.4% in group B (P<.05). PCCs occurred in 19.4% of unfertilized oocytes in group A and did not occur in group B. CONCLUSION(S) This study indicates that ICSI not only yields high fertilization rates, but also minimizes the incidence of PCCs. It may be directly related to two crucial steps (immobilization of sperm and aspiration of oocyte cytoplasm) used in ICSI procedures. This study also suggests that it is possible to overcome one cause of IVF failure resulting from the formation of PCCs by using the improved ICSI technique.
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- S Ma
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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OBJECTIVES Correlations between parental age, aneuploidy in germ cells and recent findings on aetiological factors in mammalian trisomy formation are reviewed. METHODS Data from observations in human oocytes, molecular studies on the origin of extra chromosomes in trisomies, experiments in a mouse model system, and transgenic approaches are shown. RESULTS Errors in chromosome segregation are most frequent in meiosis I of oogenesis in mammals and predominantly predispose specific chromosomes and susceptible chiasmate configurations to maternal age-related nondisjunction. Studies on spindle structure, cell cycle and chromosome behaviour in oocytes of the CBA/Ca mouse used as a model for the maternal age-effect suggest that hormonal homeostasis and size of the follicle pool influence the quality, maturation competence and spindle size of the mammalian oocyte. Predisposition to errors in chromosome segregation are critically dependent on altered cell cycles. Compromised protein synthesis and mitochondrial function affect maturation kinetics and spindle formation, and cause untimely segregation of chromosomes (predivision), mimicking an aged phenotype. CONCLUSIONS Altered cell cycles and untimely resolution of chiasmata but also nondisjunction of late segregating homologues caused by asynchrony in cytoplasmic and nuclear maturation appear to be causal to errors in chromosome segregation with advanced maternal age. Oocytes appear to lack checkpoints guarding against untimely chromosome segregation. Genes and exposures affecting pool size, hormonal homeostasis and interactions between oocytes and their somatic compartment and thus quality of follicles and oocytes have the potential to critically influence chromosome distribution in female meiosis and affect fertility in humans and other mammals.
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PROBLEM The reproductive process is a major driving force in human evolution. An evolutionary perspective was brought to bear on some aspects of reproduction and its aberrations, and, conversely, some of the insights of modern reproductive genetics were used to investigate problems in evolution. METHOD The data used were obtained from the literature in evolution, anthropology, archeology, linguistics, and genetics. RESULTS The evolutionary line leading to modern humans diverged from that leading to the chimpanzees approximately 5-7 million years ago (Mya). Archaic Homo sapiens emerged ca. 0.3 Mya, and modern Homo sapiens and the development of language ca. 0.1 Mya; thus, modern humans occupy approximately 2% of the evolutionary history of the hominid line. During all of this time, the ancestors of modern humans were migratory hunter-gatherers. It was only during the Neolithic transition ca. 0.01 Mya (approximately 0.2% of hominid evolutionary history) that agriculture was developed, and with it a settled lifestyle that allowed a more stable existence and the development of a different reproductive pattern. Various estimates indicate that the human population increased from 0.05 million at the time of the emergence of modern Homo sapiens to 6,000 million at the present time (120,000-fold increase). CONCLUSIONS These evolutionary considerations were used to explore three areas: (1) the extinction of the Neanderthals, who coexisted for ca. 65,000 years with modern humans; (2) the relatively low and stable rate of human conceptions (20-35% of ova fertilized naturally or fertilized in vitro); and (3) the long postnatal period required for the full maturation of the immune response. From these considerations, a broad view of the human reproductive process was obtained that may provide some insight into the rationale for the development of effective reproductive technologies.
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- T J Gill
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, PA 15261, USA
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